Raccoon — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Somerset Velvet his big-cat portraits are among

his big-cat portraits are among the most technically accomplished and widely admired in his catalogue

A Crimson Cattleya Orchid in full bloom — the magenta-pink petals large and ruffled

A Grizzly Bear on a rocky riverbank — mouth open

Her reflection meets her own gaze in the still water

everything cast in the cool blue-white register that the eye perceives in moonlight

Raccoon — Giclée on Paper Paper Type:Somerset Velvet his big-cat portraits are amongA raccoon forages along a stony shore nose down, hands feeling through the pebbles and reed stubs at the water's edge. The bushy ringed tail is raised; the mask is pressed close to the stones. This is raccoon behaviour rendered with complete accuracy: the tactile foraging style, the way the animal uses its front paws like hands, the specific posture of an animal hunting by touch as much as sight. Glen observed raccoons extensively at Ontario